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Walking Across Japan

Julian Smith

Get a deeper knowledge of Japan, its history, economics and society, beyond the anime and "crazy Japan" headlines.

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Latest Issues

Crushed Satsuma and New Crematoria

I climbed away from Ueki station with the persistent call of the uguisu (Japanese bush warbler) provoking me to imitation whistling while looking at the kusaichigo (grass strawberry — a much better name than hirsute raspberry) along the edg...

11 days ago
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Up to the Source

I had a choice to make. Should I continue east across the peaks of Aso? No — better left for the height of summer to escape the humidity of the plain. How about west, towards the coast, following the Kyushu Nature Trail across the mountains...

24 days ago
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Wild Boar or Mother-in-Law?

I’ve walked the Uto Peninsula once before. But this time, rather than heading up into the orange orchards and mountains, I was going to follow the northern coastline. The place to start was Sumiyoshi Shrine, the tree-covered mound of which...

2 months ago
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The End of Winter's Ball, and Some Dentistry

Over two weekends, I walked through Tsunagi as winter finally changed to spring. The first weekend, the weather was dull and grey, but the second was bright sunshine.

On the first weekend, the last vestiges of fluff cling to the nearly-bar...

2 months ago
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Volcanoes and Baseball "Dugouts"

I left Ogawa station along an incomplete sidewalk, past bungalows, a single-storey old person’s danchi, and on, until finally I reached the ubiquitous vinyl houses that cover the open flatlands of the Kumamoto coastline. The sidewalk came a...

4 months ago
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    I've lived in Japan for 15 years and walked all over the place. I thought it was time to put some of the things I've walked past and seen on (digital) paper.

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